>there are cultists everywhere, friend
what did he mean by this?

It was California, practically the Mecca of cults.

I wish GTA SA leaned more into the glownigger conspiracy angle with Toreno and the green goo instead of it just being hinted at

organized religion is a cult, democracy is a cult, consumerism is a cult, politics is a cult, image boards are a cult

>>715922818
I think they spell it out pretty well that Toreno is working with domestic organized crime groups to sell drugs so he can raise money foreign glowie shenanigans (the whole "We're the fucking pivot" spiel), just like the real CIA.

>>715922901
that's not true

>>715922507 (OP)
Likely an anti masonic statement

>>715922818
>>715922951
How did Rockstar manage to make Toreno which is a literal glowie the coolest character in the game

>>715925124
They hired James Woods to play him.
>>715925053
Maybe, but I've also seen some somewhat convincing theories that the Houser brothers are freemasons and that's why Rockstar's headquarters are in Scotland across the street from the first Scottish Rite temple. I still think he's just "in the know" and isn't a part of it, but who knows?

>>715924750
all of it is true

>>715922951
*starts hyperventilating*
no no no no it's about the the lightbeams being transported inside your eyelids and the angels in nibiru you fucking pissant

>>715925432
BORING

>>715922507 (OP)
The game takes place during the Satanic Panic.

why are americans so evil?

>>715925710
Satanic panic was the 80s, also it was kind of justified when you know about The Finders.

I feel like these games spoke to a wee conspiracy fella part of me as a kid. I'd love those shows as a kid about aliens and bigfoot. Just something about that era of conspiracies felt fun.

>>715925912
I like that Dan stuck with the theme in IV and V as well. It's interesting that Vice City doesn't really deal with glownigger conspiracy stuff when that a pretty big part of Miami Vice.

man san andreas had some cool characters
also pedestrians from sa are the best in the series

>>715925912
>mfw the Back O Beyond ghost cars were real
>mfw the suicidal photographer is real
>mfw the body bags are real
>mfw the ghost graffiti is real

Big smooke was my favorite.

>>715925912
Datamining nerds ruined everything.

>>715926270
if think there actually is one easter egg with ghost car in the game but i don't remember details

isn't toreno sorta responsible for the drugs ruining the families and turning them all into crackheads?

>>715922901
Image boards are not a cult, but they are a gathering place for different cults to fling shit at each other I would say.

>>715925912
>Game mystery video
>Windows movie maker text slides
>144p game footage at 20 fps
>unregistered hypercam 2
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFS4zYWxzNA as the soundtrack

I always thought he was referring to like the kind of enthusiastic gun owner/prepper guy who's stocking up on guns and waiting for the apocalypse or for another civil war etc. Not referring to an actual literal organised cult but kind of affectionately saying "guys like us who believe in getting prepped with lots of guns".

>>715926914
holy kino

>>715926540
yes

>>715926975
There's an actual cult in the game though. You steal their combine harvester.

>>715931442
There's also the Epsilon Program, which gets mentioned on the radio. Kifflom.

>>715926270
I dunno if Rockstar intended it to be as big as it was, but the whole myth discussions surrounding GTA SA is a godsend for them. It made the world feel richer and not just having it as a backdrop for the main/side story of the game imo. Naturally they started to adopt that aspect for their games onward and people are up for it. Shame that no other open world devs bothered to do this sort of thing.

>>715926914
For me it's
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2d6T5G2rrY

>>715931721
CDPR has, but not the same extent Rockstar has. They really were the absolute best to ever do the open world genre, but without the core writing staff there anymore (Dan Houser, Lazlow Jones, Rupert Humphries, Michael Unsworth) the worlds just won't feel the same. RDR2 was the last real Rockstar game.

>>715931865
how do you know rupert humphries left rockstar and also what makes you believe gta 6 is not written by them, think about it, writers don't have to stay until the very end of development of something

>>715925124
I wonder if they were going to make toreno have a quasi-happy ending if they just didn't like james woods so much. Back then they were snobby london rich kids with a side of wigger, there's no reason they'd jerk off the CIA otherwise

>>715932046
Dan and Lazlow were the core writers of the series, and they've been gone since the end of RDR2. Dan specifically left because TakeJew made him rewrite the story multiple times because they wanted something more light and fun. He started his own company, which Lazlow joined a few years ago, and Rupert and Michael are both there now as well. Also, GTA VI's story still isn't finished, and they don't know how they're going to end the game. With modern video game production, you can absolutely keep writing, filming/animating, and editing all the way up the very release. They don't know how to finish the story, and that's why it was delayed.

>>715932331
you know rdr2 was delayed twice and they were all there, i don't see why that has to be the reason for delay...

I smoke cuz it gives me knowledge.

>>715932776
It's just what I've heard, but it's from a reliable source. https://x.com/GameRoll_/status/1931398779669712944

>>715932776
Delayed because of the programing reason iirc hence they push benzies to fix them